THE IMPORTANCE OF MANAGED FILE TRANSFER

We live in an impatient world. People expect to send and receive data anywhere, any time, on any device. When they can’t, it’s a problem. So are data security, audit trails, and preventing breaches. IT Professionals know this. At Attachmate, we feel their pain.

81%

53%

of senior IT managers surveyed ranked MFT as an important or very important issue driving anticipated improvements with trading partners

of surveyed European companies say security is their greatest data transfer challenge

CLOUDY WITH A SIDE OF “UH-OH”

This is the fastest-growing part of the managed file transfer market... and IT has to deal with the backlash of non-IT coworkers using these non-secure services

FTP is an option, but it’s hard to use. So now company data is AWOL on cloud-based servers.

It’s awesome to drag files into a cloud-based folder and know that your file-sharing buddy can view them instantly... but who ELSE can view them?

AND THEY’RE MOVING 1B FILES EVERY DAY. (THAT’S MORE FILES THAN TWEETS! #OMG)

USER-CENTRIC FILE TRANSFER GROWTH

Consumer demand for these services isn’t the only thing exploding: the woeful lack of security features might blow up your business, too

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20122011

152M USERS*40M USERS*

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*Represents YouSendIt, DropBox, and Box.com

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HOMEBREW FILE TRANSFER— ACTUALLY NOT CHEAPER

Homegrown FTPs can cost 10x more than standardized solutions

$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

53%of surveyed IT managers say that FTP and other legacy data transfer systems don’t live up to current security standards

Initial development isn’t the last time you’ll need access to the code... so once your developer is MIA, you’re SOL*

Doug inherited the file transfer tool his coworker coded on a long weekend

But the coder left for a meditation retreat in Nepal, then sent a postcard saying that he’s finally achieved total consciousness

Looks like he’s never coming back. Aaaand, sure enough, he left behind almost no documentation. How is Doug going to manage this process now?

*So out of luck

LOST ATTACHMENTS AND OTHER MAIL FAILS

Looks like there'll be no playtime with Daddy Doug tonight. He’sbeen re-prioritized to solve an urgent file transfer problem.

73% of emails bounced for file size are sent to IT to deliver

IT wishes it was 27%

22% of emails have attachments, but those attachments make up 90% of the bits in your email system

4 OF THE 5 TOP EMAIL MANAGEMENT ISSUES ARE ALL ABOUT FILE TRANSFER/STORAGEIncreased backup/restore times

Increased message size

Lack of disk space for messages

Overloaded/full mailboxes

54%48%

40%

39%

As Doug steps through his front door, the Chief Marketing Officer calls, panicked – the creatives for tomorrow's ad campaign launch are stuck on the mail server. 14 full mailboxes and 6 too-large attachments (again)!

22%

90%

DATA SECURITY. NOT!

$5.5MOrganizational cost

per data breach

$194Cost per record

28,349Average records

compromised per studied breach (2011)

It’s happened — CISO Ben is called in early on Friday to address last night’s breach of customer financial data

With no ability to track who shares what files with whom (you know: coworkers, clients, hackers...), Doug can’t determine where the failure occurred

The good vibes of the impending weekend have given way to panic, as Ben fears that a lack of file transfer security is threatening his job security

Now Ben and Doug are completely unavailable to help the company with other critical priorities

Now Ben has Doug poring over server logs, looking for the source of the breach

UNAVAILABLE

CSI: AUDIT TRAIL

Ben worries his job will be at stake as he reviews the paperwork detailing their fines. It’s definitely time to makes some changes around here…

Amidst all of the confusion, the company undergoes an audit — and fails

56%of IT decision-makersare worried about theirability to comply withaudit requirements

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2011 Cost of Data Breach Study. Ponemon Institute. March 2012. http://www.symantec.com/content/en/us/about/media/pdfs/b-ponemon-2011-cost-of-data-breach-us.en-us.pdf?om_ext_cd

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